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Does it efficiently help you remove stress?
2006-07-27 05:45:30 · 10 answers · asked by AYIOA 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It does effectively remove stress. Yoga is great too. http://www.beliefnet.com/healthandhealing/getcontent.aspx?cid=25387&WT.mc_id=NL44
2006-07-27 05:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a nice, quiet place and get in a position that feels comfortable, preferably in a straight backed chair with arms. Close your eyes and breath deep through your nose. A good start is to take a line from some inspirational or spiritual passage (whatever religion or spiritual path you are) and mentally repeat it slowly in your head, staying focused on those words. Whenever your mind strays from the words, start over.
And yes it is very good for stress, among other things. It's also help improve my concentration. For more I'd recommend "Meditation" by Eknath Easwaran
2006-07-27 05:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by Abriel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit on the ground. Imagine a line of energy, whatever color you want, going from the middle of the earth, up through your tailbone, up your spine, and through the top of your head and out into the universe. Be open and keep the energy moving in a nice, even line up and down. Don't rush it; you want to relax, not energize. As the energy goes back down, allow all the stress to go with it, let the earth neutralize it, and bring back up nice, calming energy.
If you want comtemplation that you can do anywhere, try this: Ask yourself "What comes before 1?" Zero isn't the answer because zero is a concept, not a number.
Also, "What is behind me?" If you turn to look, you are facing forward. Behind is still behind.
2006-07-27 05:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by ninusharra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What works for me are 2 different things, 1 visualize a set of stairs that dont really go anywhere but count backwards from 20 and each number see yourself step down, this calms me down. If you are feeling tense try intentionally flexing one muscle group at a time start at your feet n work your way up hold it tight for 5 seconds then relase it and move up it forces your body to relax and helps you to recognize when your tense. GL n Best wishes.
2006-07-27 05:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by ladyfreya_1402 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To start with you can just concentrate on breathing in & out. You can take deep breaths and just watch it going & coming through your nostrills. Once you practise this and practise becomes firm then you can rest into gap of two thought's which is meditation.
2006-07-27 05:50:54 · answer #5 · answered by Abhirannanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole aim of meditation is,
1. to calm your mind, and
2. to focus the mind on one thing.
The mind of a normal person is like an uncontrolled monkey jumping from one thought to another. To process all these thoughts a lot of body energy is used. Thus if your mind cease to process thoughts you will be saving a lot of body energy which can be used to cure a lot of ailments in your body. That is why a person who continues to meditate regularly even gets a nice body complexion.
If you sit down and close your eyes you will notice that your mind is jumping from one thought to another. Even though you want to concentrate on your breath you will find other thoughts also coming in between.
In learning to meditate you must first learn to calm your mind. You do this by following every thought that comes into you mind. You must be like a Manager of a Hotel who stands at the entrance and observes the customers coming in. Without getting attached to the thoughts try to observe them. You will find that a thought comes in and that it goes nowhere and another thought follows it - try following that too - with same results. This way you will find that your thoughts gradually subside. Do not try to force out your thoughts.
Of course do not expect results in one or two days. Practise it for at least 40 minutes every day for at least 2 months you find that you have 'killed' your train of thoughts. I have practised for 1 1/2 years and still vagrant thoughts come in.
Thereafter start concentrating on your breath. Notice the breath coming in and going out. You should not concentrate only on the tip of your nose. Notice the breath coming in and thereafter your lungs getting filled and then gradually exhaling the breath.
After you finish that for the day start to think of a person or several persons whom you hate most. Having those people in mind start to think in a compassionate manner "may he be healthy, may he be happy, may he go up in life, may he live long". Keep on doing this for about 10 minutes a day for a few months you will find that you do not get angry even when you have to get angry.
You should be able to get some guidance from the following sites,
1. http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm
2. http://www.meditationexpert.com/ and click on the free articles on yoga meditation - it includes articles on all types of meditations including christian and muslim meditation.
2006-07-29 03:04:02 · answer #6 · answered by donp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Deepak Chopra - great books and guided meditations.
I like the guided audio meditations.
2006-07-27 05:48:49 · answer #7 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pray changes thing, the bible says that life and death are in the prower of the tongue and another verse say that God is not the author of confusion, but of Peace. If you read Psalm 141 and 142, and do as it says you will be blessed take care
2006-07-27 05:58:49 · answer #8 · answered by The Truth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it helps to find self truths .
2006-07-27 05:49:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go here and look around: http://www.meditationcenter.com/
and, yes, it does help
2006-07-27 05:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋